Crossings (Steel novel)
Appearance
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Author | Danielle Steel |
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Language | English |
Publisher | Delacorte Press |
Publication date | 1982 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
Crossings is a 1982 novel that was written by American Danielle Steel. The book is Steel's fourteenth novel. It was adapted into a six part miniseries of the same name in 1986.[1] It is Steel's 13th novel.
Plot
The ship Normandie makes a voyage from Washington D.C. to France despite an impending war. Aboard the ship is American, Liane De Villiers, the young wife of an old ambassador to France.
List of characters
- Liane Crockett de Villiers- A daughter of a world shipping enterprise, Crockett Shippings, who marries Armand after his wife's death
- Armand de Villiers- Ambassador of France to the US, having returned to France, who works for the Vichy Regime of German occupied France
- Odile de Villiers- Wife of Armand who dies early
- Nicholas Burnham- President of an enterprise in steel business, Burnham Steel, who first meets Liane during crossing the Atlantic
- Hillary Burnham- Unfaithful wife of Nick who refuses to divorce him
- Johnny Burnham- Only son of Nicholas and Hillary
References
- ^ O'Connor, John J. (24 February 1986). "'CROSSINGS,' MINI-SERIES STARRING CHERYL LADD". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 September 2018.